In recent years, heat waves in Australia, India, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and other parts of the globe have shown signs of adverse climate change. By the end of this century, such occurrences will be quite common in the tropical areas. American writer Kim Stanley Robinson’s novel The Ministry for the Future (2020) considers such a heat wave in Uttar Pradesh, India, to warn against the worsening scenario of accelerating temperatures and meditate on how to counter it. The death of 20 million people in this heat wave in a week, when the sun blazes, air becomes hot, breathing becomes nightmarish, water gets hotter than the body temperature, power grids fail, is mourned by the UN. Robinson’s novel is not only about this catastrophe but also about the ways to overcome it. As one of the characters in the novel says, “Everyone knows everything” but not many act on what they know. This “collective belatedness” (Joshua 38) needs to be introspected and hence a ministry for the future is created to look into the needs of coming generations by imagining a bright future for them. This chapter explores Robinson’s vision to tackle heat waves and climate change by adopting an optimistic approach. The study further proposes that the solutions offered are not entirely fictional but informed largely by Robinson’s active engagement in science conferences. It further seeks to establish that such environmental catastrophes are not tackled only by environmentalists but also by the collective efforts of politicians, governments, central banks, corporations, and a reformulation of economic systems.